Atishi and Pinarayi Vijayan
After Kejriwal’s resignation from the post of CM, Atishi will now become the new CM of Delhi. Atishi will become the youngest Chief Minister of India among the then Chief Ministers. She is currently 43 years old. Talking about the then oldest Chief Ministers of the country, Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan is the oldest. In this list, Uttar Pradesh CM Yogi Adityanath is at the ninth place and his age is 52 years. Uttarakhand Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami is at number 5 in the list and his age is 49 years. At the same time, Punjab CM Bhagwant Singh Mann is 50 years old and he is at the sixth place in the list. Among the elderly Chief Ministers, Bihar CM Nitish Kumar is also there who is currently 73 years old, while the oldest Chief Minister of India is Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan, who is 79 years old.
Atishi became the third woman Chief Minister of Delhi
Delhi is set to get its third woman chief minister in the form of Aam Aadmi Party’s (AAP) Atishi after Congress’ Sheila Dixit and BJP’s Sushma Swaraj. Earlier, Sheila Dixit was Delhi’s longest-serving chief minister, holding the post for 15 years from 1998 to 2013. Sheila Dixit became Delhi’s chief minister at the age of 60, while Sushma Swaraj took over at the age of 46. Sheila Dixit is an important figure in Delhi’s political history as she was its longest-serving chief minister and the longest-serving woman chief minister in the country.
Names of prominent women chief ministers of the country
Sheila Dixit led the Congress to three consecutive electoral victories in Delhi. BJP leader Swaraj became the fifth Chief Minister of Delhi for a brief period in 1998. Prominent women chief ministers in the history of the country also include Mehbooba Mufti, who was the ninth Chief Minister of the erstwhile state of Jammu and Kashmir. Mayawati was the 18th Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh, Rabri Devi was the 21st Chief Minister of Bihar and Jayalalithaa was the fifth Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu. This also includes West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee.
